15 min

May 1, 2020 Remdesivir, COVID and cancer, and a liquid biopsy The Follow-Up

    • Science

Promising new findings about an antiviral drug for COVID-19; will it reduce the severity of the disease? Also, new data confirms an increased risk from COVID-19 for people with cancer; an important reminder of the role we all have in helping protect those at risk from coronavirus. And… Finding cancer with a blood test; we review early results of a new study of liquid biopsy. David Sampson is joined by Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society

Promising new findings about an antiviral drug for COVID-19; will it reduce the severity of the disease? Also, new data confirms an increased risk from COVID-19 for people with cancer; an important reminder of the role we all have in helping protect those at risk from coronavirus. And… Finding cancer with a blood test; we review early results of a new study of liquid biopsy. David Sampson is joined by Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society

15 min

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